Before Military Intervention

Upstream Stabilisation in Theory and Practice
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-07494-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 213 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 306 g

This book explores the natures of recent stabilisation efforts and global upstream threats. As prevention is always cheaper than the crisis of state collapse or civil war, the future character of conflict will increasingly involve upstream stabilisation operations. However, the unpredictability and variability of state instability requires governments and militaries to adopt a diversity of approach, conceptualisation and vocabulary. Offering perspectives from theory and practice, the chapters in this collection provide crucial insight into military roles and capabilities, opportunities, risks and limitations, doctrine, strategy and tactics, and measures of effect relevant to operations in upstream environments. This volume will appeal to researchers and practitioners seeking to understand historical and current conflict.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnson, Robert

Clack, Timothy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Bürgerkriege
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Friedenssicherung, Krisenintervention
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction
Robert Johnson and Timothy Clack
2. The Discreet Indispensability of Unpiloted Assistance? Remote Aerial Capabilities in Upstream Preventative Stabilisation Interventions
Paul Schulte
3. The Politics of Security Assistance in the Horn of Africa
William Reno
4. ‘Fighting Out Its Own Complex and Fatal Destiny’? On the Limitations on the Use of Force in Yemen Aaron Edwards

5. Crisis and Intervention: Combating Terrorism in the Sahel
Susanna D. Wing
6. Illicit Governance and Impunity: Why Borderlands Matter for Upstream Engagement Annette Idler

7. Future Stabilization Strategy and the Changing Upstream Environment
Robert Johnson
8. The Apocalyptic and the Sectarian: Identity, ‘Bare Life’ and the Rise of Da’ish Simon Mabon

9. The Unintended Consequences of Upstreaming: Western Engagement in Iraq Gareth Stansfield

Über Autor(innen)

Timothy Clack is Fellow and Lecturer of St Peter’s College and Senior Research Fellow of the Changing Character of War Centre, University of Oxford, UK.

Robert Johnson is Director of the Changing Character of War Centre and Senior Research Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Oxford, UK.